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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1914)
OR! t,if)miMt-Vfui!f3tt3nmti-.f II IS NOT ENOUGH T0GRASP AN OPPORTUNITY; IT MUST ALSO BE HELD. WHEN YOU PICK UP QI0OS THE LEADING PAPER Of Southwestern Orogou Is the Coos Hay Times. It Is now, nlways has been ami wo expect always wilt be. Don't take- our word for it. Ask any Coos Bay citizen. nnw9imi)cr, you expect to read Wwt n"l mot ilependnblo war tke Iai The Coos Bay Times carries "u A.soclntcd Press roports roc SuSali over the' world ns nbso luW reliable. taws MEMBER OP THIS ASSOCIATED PRESS ! VOL NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 ns Tho Const Mull. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,' 1914 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Count Moll and Coos Hay Advcrtlwr 'No. 47 ;ALLIES SEEM TO BE GAMNG IN "BATTLE OF AG mm ipq APPEARS FRENCH AND BRITISH HME WON FIRST STAGE BEG BATTLE THREE CONCERNS PLAN TO OPEN E m JOBBING HOUSES ON RAY Main German Army Is Still Intact anil the Supreme Clash Is Yet to Gome Between the Opposing Forces in World's Greatest Battlefield PRESENT WEEK MAY SEE EVEN MORE DESPERATE FIGHTING THAN HAS TAKEN PLACE Rrfirinn German Army May Make a Stand 'Behind Chain of Forts Near Metz for Defense if French Army ' Continues Its Pursuit (Ily Associated Press to Coos liny Times.) LONDON, Sept, M. The first stupe of the buttle of Mimic, -which, from the numbers of lighting men engaged, extent of tho line of battle and terrific slaughter, is per haps correctly described as-"the battle 'of the ages." ap peal's to have been won by the "French and British armies, but the main German army is still Intact and the supreme clash is yet to come. The present week may seen even move desperate encounters than any which have yet falcon place, letz, the capital of Lorraine., and a chain of forts thence to DiodonholVn on the Moselle Ittver north of Metz, forms a strong pivot for the German left wing, while the rivers and forces on the frontier, together with strategic raids, give the German army a splendid opportunity Xor defense action should the French pursuit extend this Ifar. aaaaaaaawaaaaaaaaaaaaai I I .--i FINCH CMANDER-IN-CHIEF SAYS ALLIES HAVE WON A VICTORY H. W. Painter Planning to En large His Business and Put Up Fine Home for It G' AFKE COMPANY TO HAVE BRANCH HOUSE HERE ALSO Lang & Company, of Portland, tTimifn Tt. T-t'li i lyuiu un i nib rflCIU Grimes Buys Fine Site Plans for the starting of two now wholesale houses hero -nutl tho en larging of another alrcadj- hero nro now tn progress And llkuly will coma to an cM-ly cousutnmatlon. Messrs. Dalton and Unecht linvo been hens for tho mint few days ar ranging to put In a wholesale pro- tltlrti llllMtnrtaa lintv. no n "lirrnii.lt nt tho W. 11. OlafJio Co. ot Portland.1 TI cy will both bo flniuitiully Intor-j osted In tho Coos Bay brunch and have chnrgo of It In concuctloii with I tho string of horarn wlilcli tho Olaf-J ko rompnny controls. ThoOIufko Co.l has u huiiso In Eugene. Mr. Dalton; ban been In tho wholcsalu btiHluesa, at linker and Eugene, soiling out to Alien & I.owls. , l.ang and Company, another whole-, sale gincory firm of Portland, Is also' figuring on putting In a branch house bore. Tlioy havo some lirnnoh hous es In tho valley. They have boon consider!!!; tho situation lioro for tho past fow months and duflnlto action In expected soon. If they enter this field It Is their lutoutlou to put In their own building. I U. V. Painter of Marshfiold. who has boon In tho wholesale liiislnoss here, Is arranging to enlarge his bus iness, taking in some local capitnl with him, In addition to tils present wholesale grocery, bo is planning to go Into tho fruit and produce busi ness on a big scale, putting in a largo refrigerating plant In the pro posed new building, which will cn ablc him to handle stuff In car lots or greater. , Buys l1no PrtijK'rly. It wns stated today that Painter's Company bad purchased a tract TiOx 100 feel facing Anderson, Broadway and Front streets from the C. A. Smith company ns a slto for a whole sale houpc. Tho corner Is one of the most dcslrablo In tho city for tho purpose, having fine frontugo, facing tho retnll district und nlso being on tho rnllroad tracks and Tight up against tho big docks, making tho handling of freight oasy. It in stated that tho company plans GERMANS ALSO CLAIM BIG VICTORY IN FRONT OF VERDUN Captures Enemy's Fortified Position Southwest of City Now Bombarding With Heavy Artillery Other Outer Forts That Are Lying to South of Verdun an BATTLE IN PROGRESS BETWEEN PARIS AND RIVER MARNE OVER LONG FRONT "Inpnnfptnhlp1' te Word Used ,n tno ww,t t,0"Bii it la ovidi-nt mcomesiamc is vvoru ubcu from tho (on0 or ,rorlln offl(.m By General JOffre in UC- BtatemontH that tho pcoplo are warn- " scribing German Repulse & i.y t" SKuS ccr' i n- m -. .7 . nt.t Austrian Hard lilt ALLIES CLOSELY FOLLOW Dlspatchos from many Bources, RETREATING FORCES NOW.SSfaS'l'n' f.SSVir.iS 'straits, but tho story of Its com Crown Prince's Army Is Separated From the Main Battle lr the Forest of Argonne Another Conflict Now on ' Near the Upper Moselle (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) ' BERLIN, Sept. 1-1. (Wireless to Associated Press via Say vi He, L. I.) Headquarters of tho Gorman army .ua Berlin today gave out the following official report: "The German Crown Prince has captured the enemy's fortified position southwest of Verdun and is now bom- to put in a rino concrete building on! hnrdihg with heavy artillery the outer forts lying to the L ciirn.",n"d L" J!!l? B4.V?"5 south. A battle is in progress between Paris and the expect to start It this fall or winter. J Jtivei jMni'IKi OVOP a i l'Ollt, ot 12o kilometers. merwhlch anrof0prec0Jd.t tff SK- , Tl? C W? """ JS ?J?ltecl flWll tllC lllllili pletlon of the Coos Ray-Eugono rail- OIIII1C uy II1C lOl'CSl OL rgOUHO. THO aHllIOH Oi tllC Ul'OWll road, business iironnrlnR to be ready, ..mcO of IJiivni'lll MM General Vol Ilir mo ii'riiKiry u win uiii'ii, ji mi .1 ,. it 11 iinilorntood that thoio mo a Tmnilior! UO near tllO Upper Alosello. of others. Other New Itiilldlii". Plans for tho block which Vr. Grimes has been figuring on putting up nt Second and Central are also' progressing and Matin'"' Vonoy, whoi owns tho nnuiung corner is going in on a party wall, looklnu tn an early Improvement of his proportv. Tho plans also cn'l for n Joint heating plant rr t'-n iini'dMgs. 'on lleoringen are in bat- Ui ELEVEN SURVIVORS STEFANSS01 EXPLORING PARLY ARE RESCUED N -uu AMtnt mw&mm u a es SENSELESS RUMOR IN BERLIN tnr A.d..i rrt.. e. ci n, Ttn,-.i ,rnn r 8 ,lll(1 ,)po rngC(, nl Ihont UHltLIN, Sept. II. (lly wireless "nt tho Tuckorton Incident wns un-. to Associated Press.) American frlondly tllBcrlmlnatlon. and that h Ambassador Oor.nl has given out T&amS nn lutervlow to tho press denying going to war. porslBtent roporta that tho United General Hlndonburg has dofeatel StatcH Is preparing to join tho al- tho ItusBlans. and up to tho proiwnt Ilea, thnt tho Amerlcnn minister nt tlmo Ihih taken 10,000 prlsonors, 89 Jjrusso s had attached tho Mayor of guns, many machluo guns and nero- nggorato as tho latcut Husslan re ports ludlcato uonoral l(U38oky s forco Is still meeting with organiz ed rcslstnnce. it Is evident, however, from tho disposition of tho combatants, thnt tho Austrian army was crumpicu up Austrian Army in Hard Straits pioto 'destruction u ovidontiy ox- But Not Destroyed as Was At First Reported ID; Auo UlNl Prot o Coot Day Time J LONDON', Sopt. 1-i. "Incontest- ! inVn ",,JU-"'U,"D7 7, V "Iwhllo the loft winK was hurled back ml Joffree. commnndor-ln-chlof of lnt0 tll0 ,lirHiICB of tho Ulvor 8an. the French forces In describing -4ho '.This loft wing, composed of tho victory claimed by tho allies ntoug flower of tho Austrian army, may the western battle front. Tho hit-1 bo thus caught In n trap and forced t official communication Indicates to surrender. too allies' column Is continuing all Tho official statement given out along tho lino with all Its left wing In Petrograd says General Honiien- now across tho Ulvor Alsno. knmpff In Kast Prussian Is atub-l wi 111110 news ami thnt of tho bornly retiring uoforo Biiporior II Q Rnwonno PuttfP "Ronr" aurvlvors nro Willlnrd Laird Mi- Urussols to his staff, that tho Amor- plnnea. U. o. nuvuiUL uuuw uiai Klnloy, magneticlnn; Clydo llnnk.j ArrlVeS in IMOmC, MiaSKa, Scotland: John Munroo, Chief on-1 wim Members ot party sssrris,ri "...;. nn piimp Bmiif mnnuin rrmiTimn DCLDinno nuw runuiwu ribniinb EIGHT ARE MISSING; GIVEN UP FOR DEAD Three Dead are Buried on Wrangell Island by the Survivors Df AworUlttS I'm la lu U7 Tin. wart; Krnest Chaso, usslstaiit uto- ward; Fred W. Mauror, firoiiuin; Seaman lladley, Ksklmo man, wife nud two children. Georgo Stownrt Maaloch, goologlst, IlnmlHon, On tario, and Georgo Pretty, flremnii. died ot scurvy on tho Island and wcro burled there. Iljarno Mniiiou, assistant topogrnplior, of Chrlstlann, Norway, aci'ldnntnlly shot and killed himself. Right members nro missing NOMB, Sopt. H. Tho United! nml glvou up for doad. Thoy nro WITH THE GE R1N TROOPS tn, AmoUI1 Trtu lo Coo Il, Tlmn.) . o. L.L .n.fnr 'iinr ..rriv Alqxandor Amlorson, first mnto: , ANTWKRP, Sopt. H. Klghtlng' States rovonuo cuttor Mioar arnv- ,',. .... .' .... .... w ti... n..i..in.i rnnc ...1.1..1. ....... 1 od hero today with olovon survlvora . nrody, sonman; 11. King, senmaii; out from horo Inst Friday lasted thrco (D; AuIjI4 rttf lo Com nr Tlinfi.i ANTWBR1, Sopt. M.Tho Gcr- ifciiilii nvaiiitiiii - .mv u in a iv it whvu ,...,, - a it . . - 1 n m I . . ' a . . i.lna... .. .1 ..l..l.a,. nil.. 11111111 IllIC Ill'IllIlHI WMIPII TIIA llAl- Vaguest sort filters thro ch from fnrooa rnthnr t inn risk turnliiit his r tl,J crew or lno ioinnsson ox- Aiisior forties .Mncuny, surgeon, u,o uu iiiKih. inoro wore nuavy " - .."" B0" niiers inrougn rrom forces miner iiinn nan uiriiiiiK ,,,, a,.i rru.r ...i, wm ran. !i.Mii,i.nrr. .Tnnma Murmv nnn mm. oiiL'ticemonts nlonc 1 in rninn nf'.i.... 1 . .. . SjuinvreKardlng tho operations left flank by tho Germans. AT DOWN ON ALLIES VICTOR! RUSSIANS AT KOENIGSBERG Price Drops 4Mj Cents in Chi cago on War Devel opments ' IB, Auoclito4 rr lo Coo. n7 TlmM.) CHICAGO, Sopt. 14. Reported important victories of the allies, epted by tho grain trade as tond '8 to shorten tho war, caused an "reme doclino of 4 cents In tho pneo of wheat on the Board of lrale at Its opening today. FIUIXCII SAY GBRMANS LOSING IBj AiiocUied Prf to Loo Br Tlme.J TllVA8HINQTON. D. C, Sept. 14 ine French Embassy hero received. lQ following from Bordeaux: "A general withdrawal of German wees is being vigorously pursued. 1110 retreat Is precipitate. Vitry n8 been evacuated. Much artillery nas been abandoned. Thoy lack Pulsions and ammunition and their (.?,. are exhausted. Belgians are wp?n s tho troops Investing Ant lln T',a Sorvians occupy Sem- pioruig snip ivuriuK, who wuro rua-' r.uiuourg, jbiiics jiurruj', ocenn pno- h"huo uiuhh ihu rmim 01 c nna hnvo been onerntliii! Una kva !. I ... tr.. n..1l lol.in.1 lu tl.n l..l,. Iw I.'lnl.l l."..l.....l . IIn.. l.nllVnlnn flln Ilall.lntlu nminlrnllnn " wnimih I1UD IKVB gasoline schooner King mill Wlngo'rl lTouchaiit, anthropologist, Parhi; , twlco to tho center of the city. Yes-1 ")' ro-uuorcoil. Tho nelglnn re anil transferred to tho Boar. Tho Tbomns Morris, seaman. I torday tho Bolglnns dollvored n tlrement is snld to bo duo to tba UUUu,uuuwwwu,Jwvw norco cavalry attack on tho aorninns fear that tho Germans would bur at Louvnlno. Brussols. I IWriTHK ABROPIiAMCS. I I Ilr A no- laioil rmi lo Cool b7 Tlmra j PARIS, Sept. 14. A number I of trains arrived at northern ' and eastern stattlons hero to IS c UP TO 1 Retreat of Armies of Von Bue low and Von Kluck Contin ues With Allies Close Hr AwocKloJ Prm in Con. fltj Tlmoa.) Czar's Troops ,Are Now Before ! Great Stronnhold in East Prussia Dr Anoclt4 rrcu to Coot D, Tlmn.J PARIS, Sopt. 14. A dispatch from Potrograd says It has been an nounced In tho Russian capital that tho Russian army Is now before Kouolgsberg, East Prussia. JAP LKADBIt TO PRISO.V Vice-Adinlr.il Sentenceil for Graftliig, the allies were Itoeplug In contact Oil AllVV ColltrttClS I Willi UIO cuciuy ohu uau uuotcu TOKIO, Sept. 14. Vlce-Admlral the River Alsne. The whereabouts wmhi wniii. nnniisori nt hrlborv in is tho Germans Is not revealed, but connection with the navnl corrup- it Is evident that thoy do not Intend .i ns nf iimt vnr. imn been to make a state on the lino from sentenced to prison for four years Rhelms to Splssons, and it hardjy day . bringing cannon. nroJei- tlles, ammunition, guns and aeroplano plants captured from tho Germans. GERMANS ARE RETREATING AUSTBIANS IN VIENNA ABE SAID TO RE PANIC STRICKEN B; Awocltloj Trtu lo Com IU, TlmM.J IBj AuccUtod Tttt lo Coo BT Tlmu.J Tnvnnw c( u a .u.'ni. NISH, Sopt. 14 -An offlclnl Btato I.ONDON, Sept. 14. A dispatch n,ont ay8. ..0l,r troops, after talc to tho Central News from Petrograd 'iR S'V' 8t" ' "". Jl" KIT Auocuiod rrati to Coot H, TlmM.l PARIS, Sopt. 14. An official communication from General Joffro. r3i.nPfVn;VSlS,KW '8 "- Du.h.r0rtlall.t.WnkplM.ontheNorlh; tlin and Von Buolow continued nt last.bas onded In an undeniable victory, that a panic occurred In Vienna on accounts with, considerable rapidity, Ho says everywhere the enemy Is Tho onlv official comment wob that , retreating, abandoning prisoners, receipt of news of the enpturo of wounded and stores. IMPERIAL OUAltl) LOSES Somlln by Servians and that thous andu of unemployed aro parading tho streets of tho capital. Military j stores and even stocks of uniforms (Br AJKlll Fret to (,ou n.? TlmM.) PARIS, Sept. 14. A convoy of proved insufficient and a third levy 700 prisoners' anil 104 wounded. I of reservists are irolnir to tho frnn. Dciiiviivvu . ...... .w. ... - . ... ... ..i .. - .1 . z '.. . .... : " ---- ..-. and six months. Fujil at one tlmo UKety, it is uiougm nore, uiai uiey an rrom tho Imperial Guard of tier in civilian attire. was naval attache at uerun. u wm nun. iui ioucti umo tuwi-(uur.uuuy, iinsseu inrougu uorinioi, waa allegod that he received Illicit Ing Belgium. Taken altogether, the near Paris, Sunday, All were com commlsslons for Influencing the al-, situation hero Is viewed with equa- pletely oxhasted and nearly fam- lU'SSLWS All) RELGIANS lr Aim ute4 p 0 Coo j,, ximei. J LONDON, Sept. 14. The Ghont correspondent of tho Dally News, h..i at aftor two days of Inves mfnl.U he nns confirmed tho state- Weat that RllKaInn rnnnc nm In RnL frn? IIe 8ays that the German 'renco in Seubonlco and Ipalal o a"y line has. been cut at Coun-i because Italy did not Join tho triple leaberg between Brussels and Lou-'alliance. Many Italians, it was " "y tho Belgian army re-lnforc- said, fled and all are closely watch eJ by Russians, ed by police. lotment of the admiralty contracts In favor of a German firm. SORE AT, ITALY Aiihtiianii MnKo DemoiistriitlDii Against Them for Holillng Rack I Or AoocUlM Vtn to Com Bar Tlmo. 1 ANCONA, Italy. Sept. 14. Pas sengers aboard the steamer Galll- poll, which arrivea ioaay irom uui mata, say anti-Italian demonstra tions aro of almost dally occur- nlmity and the government is busy Ing Itself with waya and means for revving trado and commerce. GIVE ENGLAND SALMON. VANCOUVER. B. C. Sept. 14. It was announced that British Colum bia will make a gift to England of 25,000 cases of salmon, worth $175, 000. HANI) DANCE PLATFORM Second and Mniket, Saturday night. Llbby COAL. The kind YOU have ALWAYS USED. Phono 72. iWlfir Livery sad Transfer Company. lulled. RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY B, AmocIi(o4 l'm to Cw fit, TIbm.J LONDON, Sopt. H A statement from official Russian sources claim a victory over Austrian and Germans forc.es numbering a inllllon men af ter seventeen jdays of fighting In Galicla and Russian Poland. It is Indicated that tho Russians, nrter completing their OallcltV operations, will march directly, toward Vienna. drS. ilvmiLtonYvnd'Xmorroav. pliytdcluus and Hirgi'iHis, liuvo OPEN. ED OFFICES UiO.lill Irving Rulld. IHB. . V (Ilr Auotltlod r-rett lo Coot Ilijr TlmM. LONDON, Sopt. 14. An official presB bureau statement Issued tb-is afternoon Is ns follows: "All dy yesterday tho enemy stubbornly dis puted pnssago of tho Alsno by our troops, but In splto of difficulty eC fording tho river In the faca ot strong opposition, nearly nil th crossings wero secured by sunset."' SAV AUSTRIAN IS T Russians Claim to Have De stroyed Opposition and Cap tured Many Thousands Br Astoclttrt Prut to foot Utr TlmM PARIS, Sept, 14. A Petrograd dispatch to Lo Matin says: "Tho Austrian army has been destroyed, either beaten or surrendered over tho entire front. The first army, under General Auffenburg, lost 300 ARMY RUINEO officers, 28,000 men nnd400 cac- non, Tho second army lost 50 officers and 70,000 soldiers In pris oners alone." GERMAN TROOPS WEST lllr Atuvlattd Pnim lo (Vo. Dr TIiom.1 LONDON. Sept. 14. A dlspattfe Jo Lloyd's News Agency from Petro grad, dated Saturday, says tho Oa mans aro again moving troops rrtj tho eastern field of operations ! the west. Jk M i jljA. i . V jr-, LrB WHmsmmm IUH&&